Depends. A lot of the time we, as photographers, fail to live the event, instead being caught-up in the capturing of it. Quebec, while nice, is not a 10 day trip to Ireland or Germany or Japan. If you are going on vacation to relax, unwind, recooperate, then take the Epic and be happy with it. It's a fine camera and takes nice pics. I own one. But if you vacation mainly TO photograph, then take the Pentax kit.

The Pentax is certainly the one you will most likely miss NOT having.

Yeah, sometimes you want to be part of the moment, instead of the person documenting the moment.